Sunday, January 23, 2011

Further In




This post is from Adam Lipson, age 12



As we go longer on our trip it gets even more amazing. There have been many great experiences like the snorkeling tour, but recently we had an experience that I liked even more... kayaking. I started the day by waking up and said, "I don't wanna get u...WE'RE GOING KAYAKING!" The wait for the van to get there was torture but it finally arrived. It took an hour to get to the ocean inlet (it looked more like a river) where everyone would kayak. The owners served us tea before our guide arrived. My mom and I got into a double and started to follow our guide through the mangrove forest. As we rounded a bend, the mouth of a cave appeared in front of us. There were tons of stalictites hanging down throughout the cave, which actualy turned out to be a tunnel to a pond surrounded by stone walls.After we were out it was back to the mangroves to paddle to another cave. To explore this one, the tour had to get out of the boats and walk up a flight of stairs. Inside, the guide shone his light on the ceiling and revealed a cave painting! My family explored the cave by ourselves and saw many more. After that cave,we paddled back to have lunch, then take a van to a nice wimming hole. we swam and had lots of fun. it was definately the best tour so far.

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